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NY Retirees Protest Congresswoman's Medicare, Social Security Votes
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July 28, 2011
Several CWA retirees got a jump start on August Accountability Month, joining a coalition of activists last week at the office of a New York congresswoman who voted for the Paul Ryan budget and its attacks on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
GOP Medicare Scheme Backfires as NY Dem Wins Race for Congress
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May 26, 2011
The Republican agenda to kill Medicare, trample workers' rights and cut millionaires' taxes at the expense of everyone else took a well-earned beating in upstate New York on Tuesday, as a Democrat comfortably won the special election for a U.S. House seat the GOP has held for generations.
Fortune Magazine Editor: Don't Gamble Social Security in the Stock Market
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December 2, 2010
As talk of privatizing Social Security heats up again, a Fortune magazine editor and Washington Post business columnist is warning that it's a foolish idea that would threaten the financial security of future retirees.
Corporate-Owned St. Louis Paper Pulls Plug -- Again -- on Retiree Health Care
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December 2, 2010
Just in time for the holidays, the corporate owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is yanking union- negotiated medical coverage from scores of retirees, telling retirees they'll have to cough up 100 percent of the premium cost.
Ten Reasons the Social Security Proposal of the Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs Should be DOA
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November 23, 2010
The Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs? Social Security proposals are an equal opportunity disaster. So soon after an angry electorate has expressed its frustration with a Washington political class that does not appear to be listening, it totally ignores the will of the people. Poll after poll has shown that Democrats, Republicans, and Independents reject the punitive cuts in America?s economic security that the co-chairs have proposed. Read more to find out the top ten problems with their proposals.